Monitoring and reporting is all part of the essential framework for eventual autonomous operation. Already there are systems that allow cars to talk to each other and exchange information, as well as report information to other monitors. It makes sense that internally the vehicle has to be aware of pretty much everything going on in its own systems, and those systems are already highly computerized (which means, totally monitored and recorded in some fashion).
Don't expect the car manufacturers to resist this trend either. They care not one whit whether the products they sell are engaging road machines requiring operator skill and engagement, or interchangeable autonomous people pods. As long as they sell something, to someone, and it has their label on it, it's golden. And make no mistake: autonomous operation, or even semi-autonomous operation, will require near universal integration of all the vehicles on the road. Not immediately, of course, but the logic is pretty clear. You can't put in the money for the infrastructure, you can't deliver on the promise of safety, without pretty much every car being in and integrated with the system. So even if, for a while at least, you have a car you "can" drive yourself, it will have an override mode for when you transition, say, into the Los Angeles Autonomous Motor Vehicle Zone, where the system (SkyNet?) will take over your fancy Mk XII GTI and plod you along at 35MPH in bumper to bumper traffic.